Science Art: Chlamyphore tronque, Chlamyphorus truncatus, Harlan, by René Primevère Lesson
The pink fairy armadillo wishes you a happy New Year.
So, I am sure, would R.P. Lesson.
Month: December 2011
Creatures of the Dragon Vent.
Guardian is taking a closer look at some of the strangest living things from one of the most peculiar places on Earth:
… Read the rest “Creatures of the Dragon Vent.”In the first ever expedition to explore and take samples from the “Dragon
Airplane profits – when “average” means “most dangerous.”
PhysOrg has something new for fearful flyers to obsess over. The further an airline is from its break-even point – either losing money or making a healthy profit – the safer … Read the rest “Airplane profits – when “average” means “most dangerous.””
Last Neanderthals.
Next thing you know, they’re going to be showing up in our back yards. But Past Horizons says the last Neanderthals were about 8,000 years younger than we thought:
… Read the rest “Last Neanderthals.”Remains found near
Blood rice.
Not rice the cost of which is blood (I mean, not as in “blood diamonds”) but rice that PopSci says actually grows human blood:
… Read the rest “Blood rice.”HSA is important for treatment of a wide array of
SONG: Rocket Africa
SONG: “Rocket Africa.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “One man’s mission to put Ugandans… Read the rest “SONG: Rocket Africa”
Closer to Vesta.
NASA’s gotten downright cozy with that cute little planetoid:
… Read the rest “Closer to Vesta.”NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has sent back the first images of the giant asteroid Vesta from its low-altitude mapping
Man bites dog; bug eats frog.
Science Daily dwells on a bizarre reversal of the usual order of things:
… Read the rest “Man bites dog; bug eats frog.”…[I]n an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure
Bb below the lowest C.
Not new research, but I just learned that the lowest note in the Universe:
… Read the rest “Bb below the lowest C.”The black hole resides in the Perseus cluster of galaxies located 250 million light years from Earth. In 2002, astronomers
Eating for autism?
CBC News is reporting that the University of Ontario has found a connection between autistic behavior and digestion:
… Read the rest “Eating for autism?”UWO researchers investigated the “gut-brain” connection
Science Art: Wels (Catfish) by Heinrich Harder, from Unsere Süßwasserfische by Dr. Emil Walter, 1913.
A color plate from the BioDiversity Library’s edition of Our Freshwater Fish, first published in Leipzig in 1913.
Heinrich Harder, as well as illustrating natural… Read the rest “Science Art: Wels (Catfish) by Heinrich Harder, from Unsere Süßwasserfische by Dr. Emil Walter, 1913.”
Entangled diamonds.
It’s, Ars Technica explains, a quantum thing – but looking bigger:
… Read the rest “Entangled diamonds.”Normally, two particles that can be described using separate mathematical descriptions. But, under certain
Did they just find the God Particle? (Answer…)
…Probably.
And now, they know where to look the next time they fire up the big collider – in the 124 to 126 GeV (gigaelectron volt) range.
… Read the rest “Did they just find the God Particle? (Answer…)”Taken individually, none of these excesses
Babies mimic grown-ups… if they trust them.
LiveScience shows just how canny little babies are in selecting grown-ups to emulate:
… Read the rest “Babies mimic grown-ups… if they trust them.”Researchers divided 60 babies between 13 months and 16 months into two groups. In the first group,